PM Modi meets Xi, expresses India’s displeasure and anger

Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Russian city of Ufa as he arrived to attend the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summits.

India PM, Narendra Modi met Xi for the fourth time in the past year. Modi conveyed India’s displeasure and “extreme anger among the people” at China’s blatant blocking of India’s demand at the United Nations for action against Pakistan over its release of Mumbai attacks mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

During their 90-minute meeting, Modi also reiterated India’s concern over the $46-billion China-Pakistan economic corridor running through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Furthermore, the two leaders spoke about “accelerating the process” to resolve the long-standing boundary dispute and about India getting a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council and in export-control regimes like the Nuclear Suppliers Group.